Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke explained

Event:	Men's 200 metre breaststroke
Games:	1996 Summer
Venue:	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date:	24 July 1996 (heats & finals)
Competitors:	36
Nations:	31
Gold:	Norbert Rózsa
Goldnoc:	HUN
Silver:	Károly Güttler
Silvernoc:	HUN
Bronze:	Andrey Korneyev
Bronzenoc:	RUS
Win Value:	2:12.57
Prev:	1992
Next:	2000

The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 24 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4			2:13.89	Q
2	5	4			2:14.11	Q
3	5	5			2:14.63	Q
4	3	5			2:14.66	Q
5	3	6			2:14.96	Q
6	4	3			2:14.97	Q
7	5	2			2:15.17	Q
8	5	6			2:15.18	Q
9	4	2			2:15.27	q
10	3	3			2:15.31	q
11	3	4			2:15.37	q
12	5	3			2:15.56	q
13	3	7			2:16.05	q
14	5	7			2:16.08	q
15	4	5			2:16.10	q,
16	3	8			2:16.15	q
17	2	5			2:17.07	q, NR
18	3	1			2:17.08
19	2	8			2:17.28	NR
20	4	1			2:17.32
21	2	6			2:17.49
22	5	1			2:17.54
23	4	8			2:18.58
24	3	2			2:19.13
25	2	3			2:20.39
26	4	7			2:20.42
27	4	8			2:20.47
28	2	2			2:20.77
29	2	4			2:21.34
30	1	5			2:21.86
31	2	1			2:22.66
32	2	7			2:23.40
33	1	4			2:25.57
34	1	3			2:25.96
	1	6
	5	8

Finals

^[3]

Final B

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	6			2:14.37
10	1			2:15.11	NR
11	5			2:15.63
12	2			2:16.05
13	8			2:16.23	NR
14	4			2:16.26
15	1			2:16.39
16	3			2:16.69

Final A

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6			2:12.57
	4			2:13.03
	5			2:13.17
4	2			2:14.37
5	7			2:14.79
6	1			2:14.84	NR
7	8			2:15.69
8	3			2:16.05

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Breaststroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170324/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SWI/mens-200-metres-breaststroke.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 16 March 2020 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Heats. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 45. 10 September 2017.
3. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Finals. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 45. 10 September 2017.